I´rish|ness

I´rish|ness
I|rish «Y rihsh», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with Ireland, its people, or their language.
–n.
1. the people of Ireland or their descendants in other countries.
2. their Celtic language; Irish Gaelic.
3. English as spoken by the Irish.
4. Informal. temper: »

to get one's Irish up.

╂[Middle English Irisc < stem of Old English Irland Ireland, and Iras the Irish people + -isc -ish1]
–I´rish|ness, noun.

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